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History is more than just text on a page; it is the photographs, voices, and artifacts of the people who lived it. The images and recordings featured across Foundations and Futures are part of a meticulously curated media repository. Whether you are building a lesson plan or investigating an artifact, you can use this database to trace the provenance of our media: discover who created an asset, the historical context behind it, and how it can be used to bring Asian American and Pacific Islander experiences into your classroom.
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Dalip Singh Saund on First Federal Presents
Dalip Singh Saund became the first Indian American and Asian American elected to Congress, in 1956.
Featured in:
Indian Americans, Module 1
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J. J. Singh with President Harry Truman
J. J. Singh (third from right) observes President Harry S. Truman signing the Luce-Celler Act of 1946, which gave Indian immigrants the right to naturalization.
Featured in:
Indian Americans, Module 1
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Punjabi Mexican Family with Kids
Ernestina and Bishan Singh’s Punjabi Mexican family, photographed in 1932.
Featured in:
Indian Americans, Module 1
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Valentina Alvarez and Rullia Singh
Valentina Alvarez and Rullia Singh, a Punjabi Mexican American couple in Yuba Valley, California. They married in 1917.
Featured in:
Indian Americans, Module 1
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“Millions of Hindus, in India, Waiting for Chance to Swamp Coast with Cheap Labor”
A newspaper clipping from 1913 highlights white America’s racialized anxieties towards Indian Americans by exaggerating their levels of migration.
Featured in:
Indian Americans, Module 1
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“Same Question” Performance
Spoken word duo Steady performs their poem “Same Question” at the 2024 Katipunan Poetry Slam.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 7
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“Isang Bagsak!”
This video by Filipino-founded arts organization Sunday Jump features a demonstration of a “unity clap.” A single person begins by clapping slowly, gradually increasing in tempo and volume with the group, and finishes with the call-and-response of “Isang Bagsak!”
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 7
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Us Music Video
In the music video for Us, Ruby Ibarra raps alongside Rocky Rivera, Klassy, and Faith Santilla in both English and Tagalog.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 7
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CIRCA91 Album Cover
Cover artwork and tracklist for Ruby Ibarra’s debut album CIRCA91, released in 2017.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 7
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Philippine Nurses Association Logo
The logo for the Philippine Nurses Association of America (PNA), founded in 1922 by Anastacia Giron-Tupas.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 6
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Covid Vaccine Bus Ad
A bus advertisement in London from the Philippines’ Department of Tourism featuring Filipina British nurse May Parsons. The ad campaign aimed to highlight the achievements and contributions of Filipino workers abroad.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 6
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1929 Nursing Class Graduates
A photo of the 1929 Nursing class at St. Paul’s Hospital, Intramuros, Manila, Philippines.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 6
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Manila Educational Exchange Advert
This ad for the Manila Educational and Exchange Placement Service from a 1965 issue of the Philippine Journal of Nursing encourages nurses to work abroad by framing nursing as a way to travel the world while earning money.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 6
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Larry Itliong Interview
Larry Itliong (1913–1977) talks about how Filipinos were recruited for their labor, and how Filipinos have organized to improve working conditions and wages. He emphasizes the importance of getting involved in the political system to make needed changes.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 5
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AWOC Members Picketing
Members of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) picketing during the Delano Grape Strike in 1965.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 5
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Larry Itliong in His Office
Labor leader and Filipino American farmworker Larry Itliong talks on the phone in Delano, California, 1966.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 5
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Working in An Asparagus Field
Filipino farmworkers cutting asparagus in Sacramento County, California, at one of the world’s largest asparagus fields.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 5
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The Congressional Gold Medal for Filipino Veterans of WWII
In 2017, US Congress collectively granted this Congressional Gold Medal to Filipino veterans in recognition of the 250,000+ Filipino servicemen who fought alongside US forces throughout WWII.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 4
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Scenes on a Sugar Plantation, Hawaiian Islands
Scenes on a Sugar Plantation, Hawaiian Islands (1906) shows footage of early Filipino migrants harvesting sugarcane. These laborers often worked for low wages under dangerous working conditions.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 4
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Camp Beale Naturalization Ceremony
Naturalization ceremony at Camp Beale for 1000 soldiers in the First Filipino Infantry Regiment, 1943.”
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 4
